Discover painter, porcelain painter, staffage painter Johann Georg Pforr

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: Deutscher Wouwerman
Pforr was called 'the German Wouwerman'.

Qualifications: painter, porcelain painter, staffage painter, draftsperson, engraver (printmaker)

Nationality/school: German

Born: Ulfen 1745-01-04

Deceased: Frankfurt am Main 1798-06-09

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: married to Johanna Christiane Tischbein (sister of Johann Heinrich II, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm, called Goethe-Tischbein, and Jacob Tischbein); father of Franz Pforr; uncle of Ludwig Philipp Strack

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Kraul, Karl Franz

painted staffage in the landscapes by Kraul and others

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Biographical information

Education: Kurfürstliche Akademie für bildenden Künste (Kassel)

1778-1779; became a fouding member

Active in

Kassel (Hessen) 1769 - 1771
worked in the Kasseler Porzellan-Manufaktur as procelain painter
Ulfen
Kassel (Hessen) 1777 - 1781
Frankfurt am Main 1781 - 1798

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Connections with other artists

Influenced by In contrast with ‘follower of’, we speak of ‘influenced by’ when an artist was influenced outside the context of an educational setting or servile following. An artist can be influenced by several artists at once, or in succession. In addition, there may be question of a transition to a personal style which may demonstrate development.: Wouwerman, Philips
Cuyp, Aelbert

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: animal painting (genre), landscape (genre)

Medium/technique: oil paint, tempera

Literature

Gwinner 1862 , p. 337-342
Biermann 1914 , no. 903-906
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 26 (1932), p. 537
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 322
Witt Checklist 1995 , p. 399
Bénézit 1999 , vol. 10, p. 841
Saur 1992- , vol. 95 (2017), p. 338

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Project: Gerson Digital : Germany (Nachwirkung)

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Creation date: 1992-01-19; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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